The elderly offender: An 11-year survey of referrals to a regional forensic psychiatric service

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 253-265

  Curtice, Martin ^a   Parker, Julie ^b   Wismayer, Franz Schembri ^b   Tomison, Arden ^b  

^a NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BLACKBERRY HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly offender; Medium security forensic service

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARSON; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL CRIME; THEFT; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0142088990     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478994031000077989     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Barak, Y., Perry, T. and Elizur, A. (1995) 'Elderly criminals: A study of first criminal offences in old age'. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 10: 511-16.
2. Burns, A., Howard, R. and Pettitt, W. (1995) 'A view from primary care'. In Alzheimer's Disease: A Medical Companion. Oxford: Blackwell.
3. Clark, C. and Mezey, G. (1997) 'Elderly sex offenders against children: A descriptive study of child sex abusers over the age of 65'. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry 8: 357-69.
4. Department of Health (2001) National Service Framework for Older People. London: Stationery Office.
5. Department of Health and the Home Office (1992) Review of Health and Social Services for Mentally Disordered Offenders and Others Requiring Similar Services: Final Summary Report (The Reed Report). Cm 2088. London: HMSO.
6. Fazel, S., Hope, T., O'Donnell, I. and Jacoby, R. (2001) 'Hidden psychiatric morbidity in elderly prisoners'. British Journal of Psychiatry 179: 535-9.
7. Fazel, S., Hope, T., O'Donnell, I., Piper, M. and Jacoby, R. (2001) 'Health of elderly male prisoners: Worse than the general population, worse than younger prisoners'. Age and Ageing 30: 403-7.
8. Folstein, M. F., Folstein, S. E. and McHugh, P. R. (1975) '"Mini-mental state": A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician'. Journal of Psychiatric Research 12: 189-198.
9. Heinik, J., Kimhi, R. and Hes, J. P. (1994) 'Dementia and crime: A forensic psychiatry unit study in Israel'. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 9: 491-4.
10. Hofman, A., Rocca, A., Brayne, C., Breteler, M. M. B., Clarke, M. and Cooper, B. (1991) 'The prevalence of dementia in Europe'. International Journal of Epidemiology 20: 736-48.
11. Home Office (2000) Prison Statistics England and Wales 1999. Cm 4805. London: HMSO.
12. Hucker, S. J. (1984) 'Psychiatric aspects of crime in old age'. In Newman E. S., Newman, D. J., Gewirtz, M. L. et al. (eds) Elderly Criminals. pp. 67-78.
13. Hucker, S. J. and Ben-Aron, M. H. (1984) 'Violent elderly offenders - A comparative study'. In Wilbanks, W. and Kim, P. K. H. (eds) Elderly Criminals. Langham: University Press of America, pp. 69-81.
14. Jacoby, R. (1997) 'Psychiatric aspects of crime and the elderly'. In Jacoby, R. and Oppenheimer, C. (eds) Psychiatry in the Elderly. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 749-60.
15. Newman, E. S. and Newman, D. J. (1984) 'Public policy implications of elderly crime'. In Newman, E. S., Newman, D. J., Gerwitz, M. L. et al. (eds) Elderly Criminals. Cambridge: Oelgeschlager, pp. 225-42.
16. Office of National Statistics (1998a) National Population Projections 1998-Based Report Giving Population Projections by Age and Sex for the United Kingdom, Great Britain and Constituent Countries. London: Stationery Office.
17. Rocca, A., Hofman, A., Brayne, C., Breteler, M. M. B., Clarke, M. and Copeland, J. R. M. (1991) 'Frequency and distribution of Alzheimer's disease in Europe'. Annals of Neurology 30: 381-90.
18. Rosner, R., Wiederlight, M., Harmon, R. B. and Cahn, D. J. (1991) 'Geriatric offenders examined at a forensic psychiatric clinic'. Journal of Forensic Sciences 36: 1722-31.
19. Schichor, D. and Kobrin, S. (1978) 'Note: Criminal behaviour among the elderly'. The Gerontologist 18(2): 213-18.
20. Soothill, K. L., Jack, A. and Gibbens, T. C. N. (1976) 'Rape: A 22-year cohort study'. Medicine, Science & the Law 16: 62-9.
21. Taylor, P. J. and Parrott, J. M. (1988) 'Elderly offenders: A study of age-related factors among custodially remanded prisoners'. British Journal of Psychiatry 152: 340-6.
22. Ticehurst, S. B., Ryan, M. G. and Hughes, F. (1992) 'Homicidal behaviour in elderly patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital'. Dementia 3(2): 86-90.
23. Whiskin, F. E. (1968) 'Deliquency in the aged'. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 1: 242-62.
24. Wong, M. T. H., Lumsden, J., Fenton, G. W. and Fenwick, P. B. (1995) 'Elderly offenders in a maximum security mental hospital'. Aggressive Behaviour 21: 321-4.
25. Yorston, G. (1999) 'Aged and dangerous: Old age forensic psychiatry'. British Journal of Psychiatry 174: 193-5.